Electronic music grade 10 quarter 1 topic

Electronic music grade 10 quarter 1 topic

1. Electronic Music - is music that employs  electronic musical instruments  and  electronic music technology  in its production

2. THREE STAGES OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF ELECTRONIC MUSIC MAGNETIC TAPE RECORDING A group of music technicians in a Paris radio station, led by Pierre Schaeffer, started to experiment musique concrete. It is a music made up of natural sounds and sound effects that were recorded and altered by changing the speed of the records. The cutting and splicing of the sounds into new combinations were enable through this evolution.

3. THREE STAGES OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF ELECTRONIC MUSIC SYNTHESIZERS Was a device for combining sound generators and sound modifiers in one package. It had an integrated control system. RCA electronic music instrument, Moog and Theremin were the synthesizers developed during the first stage. RCA (Radio Corporation of America)

4. is an electronic musical instrument that generates electric signals converted to sound through loudspeakers. It may either imitate other instruments or generate new timbres Synthesizer

5. Theremin Moog synthesizer

6. THREE STAGES OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF ELECTRONIC MUSIC Electronic Computer

7. Telharmonium 1898 - 1912 Thaddeus Cahill

8. First Airphonic Suite for Theremin and Orchestra – the first composition for electronic instruments composed by Joseph Schillinger , in 1929 with Leon Theremin as the soloist.

9. Hammond organ  Laurens Hammond

10. - audio synthesis where the timbre of a simple waveform is changed by modulating its frequency resulting in a more complex waveform and a different-sounding tone. Digital Frequency modulation synthesis

11. MIDI  ( Musical Instrument Digital Interface ) i s a technology that allows a wide variety of electronic musical instruments, computers and other related devices to connect and communicate with one another.

12. Electronic music has two purpose: the possibility to create new sounds to produce a finished work without the help of intermediary performer

13. Edgard Victor Achille Charles Varèse French composer He emphasized timbre and rhythm he coined the term "organized sound" in reference to his own musical aesthetic. "Father of Electronic Music"